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- December 29, 2007 - SARASOTA HERALD-TRIBUNE - Challenges halt Florida executions for 2007
- December 28, 2007 - SLATE - Capital Opportunity - Democrats could safely champion death-penalty reform — why aren't they?
- December 26, 2007 - HERNANDO TODAY - United Nations Pulls Plug On Electric Chair
- December 21, 2007 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - Toward justice
- December 20, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Florida stands firm amid death penalty debate
- December 19, 2007 - LA TIMES - U.N. adopts death penalty moratorium
- December 19, 2007 - LA TIMES - U.S. executions at a 13-year low
- December 18, 2007 - THE CENTURY FOUNDATION - Global Campaign Against Death Penalty Establishes Beachhead In New Jersey
- December 18, 2007 - PENSACOLA NEWS-JOURNAL - Florida should join New Jersey in abolishing death penalty
- December 18, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - New Jersey abolishes death penalty
- December 18, 2007 - FOREIGN POLICY - The List: The World’s Top Executioners
- December 15, 2007 - NEW YORK TIMES - A Long Time Coming
- December 14, 2007 - WJHG PENSACOLA - No Execution in 2007
- December 14, 2007 - REUTERS - Death penalty ban distant, despite state vote
- December 13, 2007 - WASHINGTON POST - N.J. Approves Abolition of Death Penalty; Corzine to Sign
- December 13, 2007 - JERUSALEM POST - Jews join struggle against NJ death penalty
- December 12, 2007 - THE GUARDIAN - If Death Penalty Abolished, What Next?
- December 11, 2007 - MIAMI HERALD - Lawmaker: Compensate wrongly convicted man
- December 11, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - The break in his case came from the FBI
- December 9, 2007 - FLORIDA TIMES UNION - What if he had been executed?
- December 8, 2007 - TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT - Comp time: Wrongfully convicted deserve payment
- December 5, 2007 - FLORIDA TIMES UNION - After 13 years in prison, Chad Heins is a free man
- December 5, 2007 - PALM BEACH POST - How much for 13 years?
- November 20, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - A POINTLESS PUSH FOR EXECUTIONS
- November 16, 2007 - FLORIDA TODAY - Schwab case to move into 2008
- November 16, 2007 - CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR - U.S. Supreme Court stays Florida execution
- November 15, 2007 - MIAMI HERALD - Supreme Court blocks execution of Fla. child killer
- November 15, 2007 - EARTH TIMES - Death penalty moratorium wins first round - Summary
- November 12, 2007 - PENSACOLA NEWS-JOURNAL - Florida lags in ensuring fair executions
- November 10, 2007 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Schwab asks U.S. Supreme Court to delay execution
- November 10, 2007 - FLORIDA TODAY - Mother of slaying victim fails to sway prosecutors
- November 9, 2007 - NEW JERSEY.com - NJ Assembly will vote on repealing death penalty
- November 9, 2007 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - Stop and go
- November 9, 2007 - WTOC - Troy Davis Hearing Set for Tuesday
- November 8, 2007 - DALLAS OBSERVER - Former Warden Reconsiders Executions
- November 7, 2007 - INTER PRESS SERVICE - DEATH PENALTY: Last-Minute Wrangling on U.N. Moratorium Vote
- November 6, 2007 - AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL - Frequently Asked Questions: The UN Resolution on a death penalty moratorium
- November 4, 2007 - ZENIT - 5 Million Say No to Death Penalty
- November 4, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Don't rush to resume lethal injections
- November 3, 2007 - AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION - The Global Debate on the Death Penalty
- November 2, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Lethal method okay in Florida
- October 31, 2007 - THE HUFFINGTON POST - The Death Penalty: What is an Acceptable Error Percentage?
- October 30, 2007 - MIAMI HERALD - Lawmaker defends death penalty
- October 30, 2007 - PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL - Capital punishment is morally wrong and can never be justified
- October 30, 2007 - ABC - 'De Facto Moratorium' on Lethal Injections?
- October 29, 2007 - REUTERS - Lawyers' group urges death penalty moratorium
- October 28, 2007 - ABC - Lawyers' Group Wants Halt to Executions
- October 21, 2007 - AFP - US executions on hold awaiting Supreme Court ruling
- October 17, 2007 - THE AGE - Listen to the executioners before you opt for executions
- October 12, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Death penalty may go on hold
- October 11, 2007 - CITY on a HILL PRESS - The Moral Ambiguity of the Green Mile
- October 10, 2007 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Ex-warden now fights executions
- October 10, 2007 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - Florida should end lethal injection, or at least wait for federal court ruling
- October 9, 2007 - TAMPA BAY'S 10 - Daughter says DNA evidence can prevent dad’s execution
- October 4, 2007 - AMNESTY.ORG.UK - Death Penalty: New report calls for doctors to stop doing lethal injections
- October 4, 2007 - MIAMI HERALD - Schwab seeks execution stay pending federal high court ruling
- September 29, 2007 - PALM BEACH POST - A painful argument
- September 29, 2007 - DALLAS MORNING NEWS - Irving killer's reprieve may slow executions nationwide
- September 28, 2007 - GLOBE AND MAIL - Drip by drip, U.S. support for execution wanes
- September 28, 2007 - NATIONAL POST - U.S. executions seen on hold as method challenged
- September 28, 2007 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Lethal Injection Under Scrutiny
- September 26, 2007 - MIAMI HERALD - Challenge may halt Florida's scheduled lethal injections
- September 26, 2007 - BBC - US lethal injection: end of the line?
- September 23, 2007 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Doctors may take execution role
- September 19, 2007 - NASHVILLE SCENE - Executing Justice
- September 18, 2007 - TAMPA TRIBUNE - Exonerated Man Again Presses State For Justice
- September 17, 2007 - OCALA STAR-BANNER - State vengeance
- September 14, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Disturbing reversal on lethal injections
- September 14, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Corrections bosses ignore new monitor in executions
- September 11, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Stay on death penalty lifted
- September 10, 2007 - OCALA STAR-BANNER - Judge rules in death penalty case
- September 10, 2007 - INTER PRESS SERVICE - DEATH PENALTY-US: Florida Court Struggles through IQ Labyrinth
- September 10, 2007 - LAKELAND LEDGER - Law Blamed for Lack of Capital Case Defenders
- September 9, 2007 - BIRMINGHAM NEWS - A lethal combination
- September 8, 2007 - LAKELAND LEDGER - Ecuador's Public Defender: Serrano's Death Sentence Is Invalid
- September 7, 2007 - OCALA STAR-BANNER - Lawyers debate lethal injection
- September 2, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Justice demands a new trial
- August 28, 2007 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fla. Protects Doctors' IDs
- August 31, 2007 - OCALA STAR-BANNER - The debate over cruel and unusual
- August 30, 2007 - THE ECONOMIST - Revenge begins to seem less sweet
- August 29, 2007 - OCALA STAR-BANNER - Debating the death penalty
- August 28, 2007 - OCALA STAR-BANNER - Lightbourne attorneys will attack execution protocol
- August 28, 2007 - CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR - Competent defense on death row
- August 26, 2007 - MIAMI HERALD - Florida proposes to use more medical personnel in executions
- August 26, 2007 - FLORIDA TIMES-UNION - AMA code of ethics on capital punishment
- August 26, 2007 - OCALA STAR-BANNER - Legal journey saps patience of loved ones
- August 25, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Jessie's killer gets death
- August 25, 2007 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Florida proposes to use more medical personnel in executions
- August 24, 2007 - CITRUS COUNTY CHRONICLE - Appeals process could take years
- August 23, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Resigned to die either way
- August 22, 2007 - PALM BEACH POST - Florida Supreme Court lets defense inspect death chamber
- August 14, 2007 - LOS ANGELES TIMES - Gonzales could get say in states' executions
- August 7, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - How a father finds mercy to spare daughter's killer
- August 7, 2007 - OCALA STAR-BANNER - Judge sets final hearing dates for Ocala death penalty case
- August 6, 2007 - LAKELAND LEDGER - Death Penalty: Do It Right
- August 3, 2007 - ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION - Georgia Supreme Court will hear Troy Davis' appeal
- August 1, 2007 - WTVT - FOX 13 News Death Penalty Discussion ( WMV Video Snippet )
- August 1, 2007 - WTVT - FOX 13 News Death Penalty Discussion ( WMV Video COMPLETE )
- August 1, 2007 - WFTV - Lawmakers Again Consider Money For Wrongly Convicted Man
- August 1, 2007 - MSNBC - A new study finds that blacks who kill whites are more likely to face execution
- August 1, 2007 - OCALA STAR-BANNER - A death is worth the wait
- July 30, 2007 - PALM BEACH POST - Stay of the death penalty
- July 27, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - A hood doesn't mask our failures
- July 27, 2007 - NEW YORK TIMES - U.S. Must Pay $101.8 Million for Role in False Convictions
- July 25, 2007 - OCALA STAR-BANNER - In court this morning: Does Ocala ruling on death penalty have weight in other case?
- July 25, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Ruling clouds death penalty cases
- July 25, 2007 - OCALA STAR BANNER - Judge: Spell out execution rules
- July 24, 2007 - WMNF EVENING NEWS - INTERVIEW WITH FADP (4.5MB MP3 FILE)
- July 24, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Judge suspends execution
- July 23, 2007 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Marion circuit judge imposes stay on lethal injections
- July 22, 2007 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - What Serrano 's trial cost us
- July 20, 2007 - FLORIDA TIMES-UNION - Administer the process fairly
- July 19, 2007 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Crist sets new execution date
- July 19, 2007 - MIAMI HERALD - Crist signs first warrant to resume executions
- July 19, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Governor returns to death penalty
- July 19, 2007 - LAKELAND LEDGER - Governor Signs His First Death Warrant
- July 19, 2007 - FLORIDA CATHOLIC - Catholic officials sympathize with slain boy’s family but decry Gov. Crist’s first death warrant
- July 16, 2007 - WASHINGTON POST - Execution Of Ga. Man Near Despite Recantations
- July 14, 2007 - DAILY MAIL - A very modern lynching
- July 11, 2007 - MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER - The death penalty: Is it time for a national moratorium?
- July 10, 2007 - ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION - 'Fallible' legal system must avoid injustice
- July 10, 2007 - ATLANTA PROGRESSIVE NEWS - Troy Davis Supporters Deliver Letters to Parole Board
- July 3, 2007 - THE HILL - Groups say death penalty flaws merge in Georgia case
- July 3, 2007 - THE RAW STORY - Woman sues US prison over son's 86-minute execution
- July 2, 2007 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - Lethal questions
- July 2, 2007 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - Insane men, optional justice
- July 1, 2007 - FOX NEWS - Attorney: Convicted Killer Should Be Spared for Psychological Study
- June 30, 2007 - SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS - July 17 execution set for Savannah convict
- June 29, 2007 - TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT - From prison warden to anti-execution advocate
- June 29, 2007 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Conviction stands in Zeigler case
- June 29, 2007 - HOUSTON CHRONICLE - Texas competency rules too narrow, high court decides
- June 26, 2007 - INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE - Ecuadorean businessman sentenced to death for killing 4 people in U.S.
- June 25, 2007 - THE NATION - After Willie Horton
- June 23, 2007 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Florida plans to resume executions despite criticism of changes
- June 21, 2007 - FINAL CALL.com NEWS - Execution teams prepare to kill inmates in Florida
- June 21, 2007 - PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL - Rodgers gets death penalty
- June 15, 2007 - NEWSWEEK - Making Sure Death Is Fair
- June 15, 2007 - ABC - NEW SOUTH WALES - Sunny Jacobs - campaigner against the death penalty
- June 11, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Fresh debate on death penalty
- June 9, 2007 - LAKELAND LEDGER - Ruling Likely to Spur Convictions in Capital Cases
- June 9, 2007 - DEATH PENALTY INFORMATION CENTER - NEW DPIC REPORT and POLL: "A Crisis of Confidence"
- June 8, 2007 - Miami Herald - Family: No mercy for Broward deputy's killer
- June 6, 2007 - Columbia Daily Tribune - New death row ruling falls short of killing debate
- June 5, 2007 - CNN - ACLU: Who's botching the executions?
- June 5, 2007 - INTER PRESS SERVICE NEWS AGENCY - Crash Course for Florida's Executioners
- May 30, 2007 - CBS - What Do States Owe The Exonerated?
- May 27, 2007 - SANDUSKY REGISTER - WESTERHOLD: State killed Newton, erased his victim
- May 27, 2007 - OCALA STAR-BANNER - Couey trial cost taxpayers $573,000
- May 25, 2007 - MSNBC - Ohio inmate took more than twice as long to die
- May 25, 2007 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Death sentences overturned for 2 men
- May 24, 2007 - NEW COLLEGE CLARION - Behind the Curtain - How Modern Day Executioners Botch Their Job
- May 24, 2007 - CBS - Delays, Laughter Precede Man's Execution
- May 24, 2007 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Fingerprint scandal extends grip
- May 24, 2007 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Crist: $5M is 'right thing to do'
- May 23, 2007 - PALM BEACH POST - Crist embraces new prison tack: coaching inmates for life outside
- May 22, 2007 - OCALA STAR-BANNER - Lightbourne hearing grows heated
- May 21, 2007 - Ft MYERS NEWS-PRESS - Fairness sought for victims of state
- May 19, 2007 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - Making amends
- May 19, 2007 - OCALA STAR-BANNER - Condemned killer protests method as cruel and unusual punishment
- May 16, 2007 - TAMPA BAY ONLINE - With Fixes In Place, Crist Is Right To Lift Ban On Death Penalty
- May 14, 2007 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - Execution suggests why Florida should relax case review rules
- May 14, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Execution rules still inhumane
- May 13, 2007 - HOME NEWS TRIBUNE - Time for capital punishment to die
- May 11, 2007 - KANSAS CITY STAR - Stop executions, author says
- May 11, 2007 - COURIER POST ONLINE - Committee moves to ban death penalty
- May 11, 2007 - ASBURY PARK PRESS - Bill to end executions gets panel's OK
- May 10, 2007 - INTER PRESS SERVICE NEWS AGENCY - Three Newspapers Reverse 100-Year-Old Stand
- May 10, 2007 - PAHRUMP VALLEY TIMES - Angel of death
- May 10, 2007 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Journalists subpoenaed in Florida inmate's lethal injection challenge
- May 10, 2007 - GAINESVILLE SUN - DOC alters procedure for lethal injections
- May 10, 2007 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Drug mix for executions will not change, state says
- May 10, 2007 - PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL - State will keep three-drug mixture for executions
- May 7, 2007 - VENTURA COUNTY STAR - Calls to abolish the death penalty emerge nationwide
- May 6, 2007 - FLORIDA TIMES-UNION - Falsely convicted victim deserves funds from state
- May 2, 2007 - INTER PRESS SERVICE NEWS AGENCY - Young U.S. Lawyers Halting Executions
- May 2, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Two wrongs; one is repaid
- May 1, 2007 - MIAMI HERALD - Compensation bill for ex-inmate stalls
- April 30, 2007 - CNN - Lethal injection creator: Maybe it's time to change formula
- April 30, 2007 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Court takes death penalty case
- April 29, 2007 - BOSTON GLOBE - Lethal injection, revealed
- April 28, 2007 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Moore's heart could still beat after electrocution, experts say
- April 27, 2007 - BBC - Pakistan 'tops death row league'
- April 26, 2007 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - Wrongly convicted, restored
- April 26, 2007 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - Innocents under lock
- April 26, 2007 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Death penalty sometimes goes dead wrong
- April 26, 2007 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Ex-prison official Clark handed prison term in kickback probe
- April 24, 2007 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - DNA exonerations reaches 200, and questions for justice system
- April 24, 2007 - WASHINGTON POST - Drugs Used in Executions May Cause Paralysis, Pain for Conscious Inmates
- April 24, 2007 - Ft LAUDERDALE SUN-SENTINEL - Lethal injection method flawed, UM researchers report in study
- April 23, 2007 - MIAMI HERALD - UM study: Lethal injections can be very painful
- April 23, 2007 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Study: Lethal injection method flawed
- April 19, 2007 - TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT - Council OKs plan to pay the exonerated
- April 18, 2007 - TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT - Bill to pay wrongly accused advances
- April 18, 2007 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Lawyer argues for death-row inmate
- April 13, 2007 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - German's death sentence stands
- April 12, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - LEGAL DEFENSE OFFICE FOR INMATES MAY BE RESTORED
- April 12, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - A CAPITAL CORRECTIVE
- April 12, 2007 - COX NEWS SERVICE - Minor: How do you repay the wrongly convicted?
- April 10, 2007 - LAKELAND LEDGER - Lawyers: Spare Serrano's Life
- April 8, 2007 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Death penalty system should be investigated, abandoned
- April 8, 2007 - PALM BEACH POST - Rehire Death Row lawyers
- April 8, 2007 - CHICAGO TRIBUNE - Resistance to death penalty growing
Questions about justice, expense undermining political support for capital punishment
- April 6, 2007 - TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT - Clemency vote is just a start
- April 5, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Scalia at Stetson praises original intent view of Constitution
- April 5, 2007 - TAMPA TRIBUNE - Freed Prisoner Still Seeking Justice
- March 29, 2007 - PALM BEACH POST - Privatized Death Row lawyers may be dropped
- March 28, 2007 - BRADENTON HERALD - Senator says lawmakers will monitor lethal injection reforms
- March 28, 2007 - ABOUT: CIVIL LIBERTIES - Death Penalty Moratorium in Florida
- March 27, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - A moral debt to the exonerated
- March 21, 2007 - STATELINE.org - Executions halted as doctors balk
- March 17, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - His wish: a long, comfy life on death row. Would justice oblige?
- March 16, 2007 - INTER PRESS SERVICE NEWS AGENCY - Abolitionists See Victory in View
- March 15, 2007 - TAMPA BAY 10 - Putting Couey to death costs more than life in prison
- March 14, 2007 - PALM BEACH POST - Nearly a lethal blow
- March 14, 2007 - OCALA STAR-BANNER - Justice is easier said than done
- March 14, 2007 - POLK COUNTY DEMOCRAT - Public Defender Accuses State of ‘Judge-Shopping'
- March 13, 2007 - INTER PRESS SERVICE NEWS AGENCY - One Fumbled Execution Sets U.S. Further Thinking
- March 13, 2007 - NEWS & OBSERVER - In the execution chamber, medicine is misplaced
- March 8, 2007 - FLORIDA BAPTIST WITNESS - The 'miracle baby' and execution ethics
- March 6, 2007 - LAW.com - More Lawmakers Take a Stand Against Death Penalty
- March 5, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Juries, appeals process criticized
- March 4, 2007 - Ft LAUDERDALE SUN-SENTINEL - Death Penalty
- March 4, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Lethal injections are horribly flawed
- March 2, 2007 - BADGER HERALD - Death penalty’s barbarism plagues U.S.
- March 2, 2007 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Crist orders analysis of other states' lethal injection methods
- March 2, 2007 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Governor receives execution proposals
- March 1, 2007 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Crist gets lethal injection report, takes no immediate action
- March 1, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Report to suggest exploring different execution options
- March 1, 2007 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Executioners' qualifications still in doubt
- March 1, 2007 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Crist to decide on use of lethal injection drug
- February 28, 2007 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Panel: Governor should review lethal injection chemicals
- February 26, 2007 - WTSP - Recommendations coming on reducing errors in executions
- February 26, 2007 - CAPITOL NEWS SERVICE - Execution Report Due Thursday
- February 26, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Review of lethal injection complete
- February 25, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Panel: Conflicting evidence limits answers in execution inquiry
- February 25, 2007 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Lethal injection changes proposed
- February 23, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - 'As if in pain': Notes from Diaz execution
- February 23, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Panel finding answers elusive
- February 22, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Execution lessons: too secret, too loose
- February 21, 2007 - LAKELAND LEDGER - SUDDEN DEATH?
- February 20, 2007 - NEW YORK TIMES - Florida Executioner Says Procedures Were Followed
- February 19, 2007 - INTER PRESS SERVICE NEWS AGENCY - Some Way Yet to Killing Off the Death Penalty
- February 20, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Claims of faulty injection disputed
- February 20, 2007 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Doctor: Execution not medical work
- February 19, 2007 - WMNF Evening News - Execution Medical Team Testimony (audio mp3)
- February 19, 2007 - PENSACOLA NEWS-JOURNAL - Lethal horror
- February 18, 2007 - Ft LAUDERDALE SUN-SENTINEL - Lethal injection under increasing scrutiny across country
- February 17, 2007 - PALM BEACH POST - The state can't execute
- February 17, 2007 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Florida death work
- February 15, 2007 - - Inject EXCAT into state schools
- February 14, 2007 - TAMPA TRIBUNE - No Training Required For Executioner
- February 13, 2007 - TAMPA TRIBUNE - Executioner Needs Precise Training In Carrying Out Lethal Injections
- February 13, 2007 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Experts testify on botched execution
- February 13, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Doctor: Execution flawed at start
- February 13, 2007 - LAKELAND LEDGER - Expert: Inmate Not Anesthetized Properly
- February 10, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Executioner's words disturb panel
- February 10, 2007 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Executioner admits lack of training
- February 10, 2007 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Team in Botched Fla. Execution Testifies
- February 6, 2007 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Expert says IV mistakes were made in execution
- February 6, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Vein expert: Needles inserted wrong in execution
- February 5, 2007 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Expert: Key signs ignored in botched execution of Miami killer
- January 30, 2007 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Execution put under microscope
- January 30, 2007 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Warden: Execution caused no pain
- January 28, 2007 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Botched Diaz execution prompts further study by commission
- January 28, 2007 - GAINESVILLE SUN - DOCTORS & EXECUTIONS: A complex dilemma of medicine, ethics and law
- January 28, 2007 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Doctors have a long history with executions
- January 20, 2007 - TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT - Against death: Penalty opponents to speak
- January 17, 2007 - STATELINE.org - Death penalty: Lethal injection on trial
- January 16, 2007 - HOUSTON CHRONICLE - Noose around our society the same as swings in Iraq
- January 16, 2007 - ABC NEWS - Lethal Injection: A Closer Look
- January 15, 2007 - ALL HEADLINE NEWS - Governor Appoints Five To The Commission On Administration of Lethal Injection
- January 8, 2007 - Ft LAUDERDALE SUN-SENTINEL - Case for death doesn't hold up
- January 8, 2007 - FINANCIAL TIMES - Evidence America is losing faith in death penalty
- January 6, 2007 - COUNTERPUNCH - Tortured in the Death Chamber - The Needle and the Damage Done
- January 5, 2007 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - U.S. death sentences at lowest level in 30 years
- January 5, 2007 - GAINESVILLE SUN - 'Evolving standards'
- January 5, 2007 - Ft MYERS NEWS-PRESS - Cold facts of execution lead to scary conclusion
- January 5, 2007 - PENSACOLA NEWS-JOURNAL - 3 named to study execution method
- January 4, 2007 - TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT - Death penalty fails as effective public policy
- January 3, 2007 - NEW YORK TIMES - Panel Seeks End to Death Penalty for New Jersey
- January 2, 2007 - Ft LAUDERDALE SUN-SENTINEL - Tough choices, issues await Crist after he is sworn in as governor